US4724156A - Method of manufacturing magnetic recording medium - Google Patents

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US4724156A
US4724156A US06/901,976 US90197686A US4724156A US 4724156 A US4724156 A US 4724156A US 90197686 A US90197686 A US 90197686A US 4724156 A US4724156 A US 4724156A
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Yoshihiro Arai
Tadashi Yasunaga
Ryuji Shirahata
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    • G11B5/00—Recording by magnetisation or demagnetisation of a record carrier; Reproducing by magnetic means; Record carriers therefor
    • G11B5/84—Processes or apparatus specially adapted for manufacturing record carriers
    • G11B5/85—Coating a support with a magnetic layer by vapour deposition
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    • G11B5/00—Recording by magnetisation or demagnetisation of a record carrier; Reproducing by magnetic means; Record carriers therefor
    • G11B5/62—Record carriers characterised by the selection of the material
    • G11B5/68—Record carriers characterised by the selection of the material comprising one or more layers of magnetisable material homogeneously mixed with a bonding agent
    • G11B5/70—Record carriers characterised by the selection of the material comprising one or more layers of magnetisable material homogeneously mixed with a bonding agent on a base layer
    • G11B5/706—Record carriers characterised by the selection of the material comprising one or more layers of magnetisable material homogeneously mixed with a bonding agent on a base layer characterised by the composition of the magnetic material
    • G11B5/70605—Record carriers characterised by the selection of the material comprising one or more layers of magnetisable material homogeneously mixed with a bonding agent on a base layer characterised by the composition of the magnetic material metals or alloys
    • G11B5/70615—Record carriers characterised by the selection of the material comprising one or more layers of magnetisable material homogeneously mixed with a bonding agent on a base layer characterised by the composition of the magnetic material metals or alloys containing Fe metal or alloys

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  • This invention relates to a method of manufacturing a magnetic recording medium, and more particularly to a method of manufacturing a non-binder type magnetic recording medium useful as a video recording tape and the like.
  • a magnetic recording medium there have been in wide use coating type magnetic recording media which are formed by applying a dispersion of powdered magnetic material in an organic binder to a non-magnetic substrate and drying it.
  • the coating type magnetic recording media are not suitable for high density recording since, as the magnetic material are used, metal oxides the saturation magnetization of which is smaller than that of ferromagnetic metals.
  • a coating type magnetic recording medium is disadvantageous in that the manufacturing process is complicated and large scale equipment is required for recovery of solvents and prevention of environmental pollution.
  • non-binder type magnetic recording media having, as the magnetic recording layer, a ferromagnetic film formed by a vapor deposition process such as vacuum deposition, sputtering, ion plating or the like, or a plating process such as electroplating or electroless plating.
  • the non-binder type magnetic recording medium is advantageous over the coating type magnetic recording medium in that the recording layer can be formed of ferromagnetic metal having a saturation magnetization larger than that of metal oxide used for forming the recording layer of the coating type recording medium and can be formed without nonmagnetic material such as the binder being included in the recording layer, and accordingly the recording layer of the non-binder type magnetic recording medium has a higher magnetic coercivity and is thinner compared with the recording layer of the coating type magnetic recording medium. Further, the non-binder type magnetic recording medium can be manufactured relatively simply and is free from environmental pollution due to organic solvents. In particular, the recording layer of the non-binder type recording medium can be thinner than that of the coating type recording medium by a factor of ten, therefore it has been attracting attention as a recording medium for high density magnetic recording.
  • the magnetic film (recording layer) of the non-binder type magnetic recording medium is apt to corrode and is inferior to the recording layer of the coating type magnetic recording medium in resistance to weathering and corrosion prevention properties.
  • any slight corrosion on the surface of the recording layer can cause clogging with the magnetic head, which can result in damage to the recording medium and the magnetic head.
  • corrosion of the recording layer increases, the recording layer is apt to peel off, causing loss of recorded information.
  • the nonbinder type magnetic recording medium is inferior to the coating type magnetic recording medium in still-mode durability as used in a video tape recorder, and therefore there has been strong demand for improvement thereof.
  • Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 50(1975)-33806 it is proposed in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 50(1975)-33806 to surface-nitride the non-binder type magnetic recording medium by ion plating process.
  • Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 53(1978)-30304 there is disclosed a method in which silicon nitride film is formed on the surface of the non-binder type magnetic recording medium by sputtering.
  • Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 53(1978)-85403 is disclosed a method in which a magnetic film is exposed to discharge in a nitrogen atmosphere to form a non-magnetic surface layer.
  • a non-binder type magnetic recording medium having a magnetic film of iron nitride and iron, or of iron nitride, as disclosed in European Patent No. 8328 and Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 59(1984)-87809 has attracted attention because of its superior resistance to weathering, but is lacking in magnetic properties and durability.
  • a magnetic recording medium having an iron nitride film layer as the recording layer can be manufactured by depositing iron or iron compound on a non-magnetic substrate in a nitrogen atmosphere.
  • iron nitride cannot be sufficiently formed by simply introducing nitrogen into the deposition apparatus through a nozzle since the energy of the nitrogen particles is smaller by more than a factor of ten than the energy of the particles to be deposited, and accordingly it has been as difficult to efficiently form the iron nitride film layer as known magnetic film layers.
  • the primary object of the present invention is to provide a method of manufacturing a magnetic recording medium having an iron nitride film layer which exhibits excellent resistance to weathering and durability.
  • the method in accordance with the present invention is characterized in that a iron nitride film layer is deposited on a non-magnetic substrate by use of nitrogen ions ionized by an ion beam generating source and vapor particles of iron ionized by a high-frequency discharge.
  • the ion beam generating source any means may be employed in the present invention so long as it can essentially ionize nitrogen gas particles.
  • the ion beam generating source may be of a thermoionic excitation type, or a microwave excitation type. Irradiation of the ion beam may be conducted in any position where vapor particles exist before adhering to the non-magnetic substrate.
  • the high-frequency discharge may be provided by any suitable means which can essentially ionize iron.
  • the iron nitride film layer preferably contains 30 to 75 atomic % iron component and 5 to 40 atomic % nitrogen component.
  • the iron component need not be whole nitrided.
  • Metal iron and/or iron oxide may be contained in the iron component.
  • the non-magnetic substrate is of a plastic base material such as polyethylene terephthalate, polyimide, polyamide, polyvinyl chloride, cellulose triacetate, polycarbonate or polyethylene naphthalate.
  • a plastic base material such as polyethylene terephthalate, polyimide, polyamide, polyvinyl chloride, cellulose triacetate, polycarbonate or polyethylene naphthalate.
  • a lubricant layer such as of fatty acid the carbon number of which is 12 to 18 (RlCOOH, Rl being an alkyl or alkylene group having 11 to 17 carbon atoms), metallic salts of such fatty acid, silicone oils, at least one of fatty esters consisting of monobasic fatty acid the carbon number of which is 2 to 20 and monovalent alcohols the carbon number of which is 3 to 12, and the like.
  • the lubricant is preferably provided on the magnetic film in an amount of 0.5 to 20 mg/m 2 .
  • the lubricant may be directly coated on the magnetic film or may be transferred to the magnetic film after being first coated on a support.
  • a back layer may be provided on the rear side of the substrate.
  • an organic or inorganic layer may be formed between the substrate and the magnetic film.
  • the single FIGURE is a schematic view showing a part of a metallizing apparatus used for preparing a magnetic recording tape in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
  • a magnetic film of iron nitride was formed on a 9.5 ⁇ m thick polyethylene terephthalate substrate by oblique incidence ion plating, thereby preparing a magnetic recording tape. That is, a strip-like substrate (polyethylene terephthalate substrate) 2 was transferred along a cooling can 3. Iron was loaded, as a vapor material 8, into a crucible 6 heated by a suitable heating means, generating vapor particles. Nitrogen gas was introduced into the deposition apparatus so that partial pressure of nitrogen gas (P N2 ) became 2 ⁇ 10 -3 to 8 ⁇ 10 -5 Torr.
  • P N2 partial pressure of nitrogen gas
  • a part of the nitrogen particles were ionized by an ion beam generating source 5 to form a nitrogen ion beam 10.
  • a part of the vapor particles of iron were ionized by a radio-frequency discharge coil 7 to form an iron ion beam 9.
  • the radio-frequency discharge coil 7 was connected to a power source (not shown) by way of a matching box (not shown) so that a high frequency power of 1.2 KW at 13.56 MHZ was applied thereto.
  • the iron ion beam 9 and the nitrogen ion beam 10 thus obtained were ion-plated on the substrate 2.
  • the incident angle was controlled to 60° by a shield mask 4.
  • the comparative tape was prepared by use of the same deposition apparatus and incidence angle as used in the example, though deposition was effected by use of a Pierce type electron gun without conducting the ion plating by the RF coil or irradiation of the ion beam.
  • the resistance to weathering was evaluated in terms of the state of corrosion after the magnetic recording tapes were placed in a dew-cycle test type weatherometer (Yamazaki Seiki Kenkyusho, Model E-12WG) for twenty four hours.
  • the state of corrosion was evaluated by use of a five-grade system.
  • the durability was evaluated in terms of damage to the magnetic film surface inflicted by the magnetic head after the tapes were operated in still mode in a VHS type video tape recorder for ten minutes.
  • the damage to the magnetic film surface was evaluated by use of a five-grade system, as observed by microscope.
  • the magnetic coercivity Hc and the residual magnetization .0.r were measured by a sample vibration type fluxmeter (Toei Kogyo, Model VSM-3). The results are shown in the following table.
  • the recording medium in accordance with the present invention is superior to the conventional one in resistance to weathering and durability.

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